All‐cause mortality and cancer incidence among adults exposed to blue asbestos during childhood

Abstract

Exposure to blue asbestos in childhood is associated with an increased risk of cancer and mortality in adults.

Mesothelioma incidence in 50 states and the District of Columbia, United States, 2003–2008

“…[42][43][44][45] Second, some studies have observed that people exposed to asbestos as children have increased risk of developing respiratory symptoms, 46 radiographic abnormalities, 47 and mesothelioma. 48 Our study is in line with other studies that show a higher proportion of peritoneal mesotheliomas in this age group than in older age groups. 42,45 The hypothesis that pleural and peritoneal mesothelioma share a common cause, notably exposure to asbestos, is supported by the high correlation we observed between pleural and peritoneal mesothelioma (r=0.7).…”

Mesothelioma risk after 40 years since first exposure to asbestos: a pooled analysis

“…More recent work showed that the pleural mesothelioma rate had declined to 34 per 100 000 among those first exposed to asbestos aged <15 years 34. However, those exposed as children have longer to live after exposure and so their lifetime risk, according to this current study, may not be lower than those exposed at older ages.…”

Dose-time-response association between occupational asbestos exposure and pleural mesothelioma

“…In our previous study, we found that the risk of PM was lower when the first occupational exposure to asbestos occurred after the age of 20 years 2. While they failed to find any exposure–response relationship with age of arrival at Wittenoom, Reid et al reported that exposure to blue asbestos in childhood (age of arrival at Wittenoom) was associated with an increased risk of mesothelioma 4. From a case-control study conducted in Great Britain between 2001 and 2006, Rake et al reported an exposure-response relationship with duration of exposure for exposure occurring only before 30 years of age 3.…”